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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was strewn around the base of the obelisk?
(a) Wilted flowers.
(b) Prayer notes.
(c) Plastic flowers.
(d) Plastic bottles and aluminum cans.

2. Where did Eugene's dad live?
(a) Missouri.
(b) Texas.
(c) Kansas.
(d) California.

3. What did the French want from the Indians?
(a) Silver.
(b) Furs.
(c) Land.
(d) Gold.

4. What were tied to the lattice work between the arches?
(a) Small crosses.
(b) Ragged silk flags.
(c) Ragged pieces of ribbon.
(d) White silk handkerchiefs.

5. Whose name was written on another side of the monument?
(a) "Horncloud."
(b) "Stormcloud."
(c) "Crazy Horse."
(d) "Black Elk."

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was Ziolkowski?

2. Why couldn't Dan speak or write, according to the grandfathers?

3. Why does Dan say he's sorry for saying those things to Nerburn?

4. What did Dan take out of the trunk at Wounded Knee?

5. What was in the small leather bag inside Dan's shirt?

Short Essay Questions

1. What did Dan take out of his large bag four times during the time he circled the fenced area?

2. Describe the Homestead town they visited in Chapter 15.

3. Describe Annie's yard and other things outside her house.

4. How do whites treat history of Lincoln differently than the history of Jesus?

5. What stood in the middle of the plot that was through the pillars?

6. Of what did the latticework arch between the pillars at Wounded Knee remind Nerburn?

7. Name some of the signs along the road in Chapter 22.

8. Dan asked Nerburn to help him and Nerburn wanted to do that but what else did Nerburn feel he needed to do?

9. What are some of the bad things the white men did to the Indians?

10. What was the difference between Lincoln and Jesus in Dan's eyes?

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